Garment hanger



March 26, 1957 J. w. WRIGHT QARMENT HANGER Fil ed June 19, 1953 IINVENTOR. JOHN W. WRIGHT Aotn'rs Fe! APILICANT United States Patent O2,786,579 GARMENT HANGER John W. Wright, San Diego, Calif. ApplicationJune 19, 1953, Serial No. 362,760 2 Claims. (Cl. 211-89) The presentinvention relates generally to garment hangers and more particularly toa garment hanger for trousers, skirts and the like.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a garment hangerhaving a plurality of return folded resilient clip elements each ofwhich is simply constructed from a single section of half-roundmaterial.

Another object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger in whichthe clips are removably and easily inserted in individual sockets in asupporting block, the garment being easily located in the clip beforethe clip is placed in the block.

Another object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger in whichthe clips are pivoted to allow access to the garment.

Still another object is to provide special means in a garment hanger toprevent undue creasing of the garments.

Another object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger which isadapted for fabrication from many different materials, so that thechoice of material can be according to the dictates of availability andprice considerations, the exact sizes and proportions being matterseasily determined to suit particular conditions and needs.

Another object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger which isinexpensive and practicable to manufacture.

Finally, it is an object to provide a garment hanger of theaforementioned character which is simple, safe and convenient to use,and which will give generally efficient and durable service.

With these and other objects definitely in view, this invention consistsin the novel construction, combination and arrangement of elements andportions, as will be hereinafter fully described in the specification,particularly pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the drawingwhich forms a material part of this disclosure and wherein similarcharacters of reference indicate similar or identical elements andportions throughout the specification and throughout the views of thedrawing, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the garment hanger.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the device, the removable platesbeing omitted for clarity.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a single clip element.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2 andincluding the removable plates.

Referring now to the drawing, the garment hanger comprises a mountingblock in which are fitted a plurality of resilient clips 12.

The block 10 is of generally rectangular shape and is provided with aplurality of sockets 14 in the upper surface thereof. The block will befastened to a suitable support, such as the Wall 16, by means of screws18.

Each of the clips 12 comprises a return folded loop 20 of substantiallyhalf-round material such as metal or plastic covered metal, the flatfaces 22 of the material being on the inside of the fold. The ends ofthe loops 20 are turned at right angles to provide plugs 24 which fitinto the sockets 14. It will be seen that the adjacent portions of thehalf round material comprising the plugs 24 form substantially round rodlike elements so that the clips may pivot freely in the sockets 14. Theedges of 2,786,579 Patented Mar. 26, 1957 "ice the fiat faces 22 arerounded or bevelled as indicated at 26 to prevent damage to garmentsheld therein.

In order to improve the holding qualities of the clips for heavytrousers or similar garments, and to prevent undue creasing of thegarments, each clip may be fitted with removable plates 30 asillustrated in Fig. 1. These plates 34) are folded at their upper edges32 to fit around the curved face of the clips 12 and extend slightlymore than half way around the clip element, as shown in Fig. 5, so thatthe plates may be snapped into place and held by the resiliency of thefolded edges. The additional width of the plates 30 prevents therelatively narrow clips form causing depression in the garments.

To secure a garment in the hanger, one of the clips 12 is removed fromits socket, the resiliency of the clip causing the loop 20 to open asshown in Fig. 4. The garment is placed in the bight of the loop which isthen closed, the plug 24 being inserted in its socket 14 to secure theclip. The garment is thus held securely in the clip, the outwardpressure on the two portions of the plug 24 tending to hold the plugmore firmly in the socket.

The device is particularly suited for hanging trousers and skirts asshown fragmentarily at 28 in Fig. 1. Other garments may also be held inthe clips, the construction of the device being adapted for manufacturein many sizes to suit specific needs.

The operation of this invention will be clearly cornprehended from aconsideration of the foregoing description of the mechanical detailsthereof, taken in connection with the drawing and the above recitedobjects. It will be obvious that all said objects are amply achieved bythisinvention.

Further description would appear to be unnecessary.

It is understood that minor variation from the form of the inventiondisclosed herein may be made without departure from the spirit and scopeof the invention and that the specification and drawing are to beconsidered as merely illustrative rather than limiting.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising a resilient clip, said clip constitutinga return folded loop having adjacent parallel bar portions, said barportions being substantially half round in cross section with a flatface and a curved face, the flat faces of the bar portions being inconfronting relation, the ends of said bar portions being similarlyangularly disposed with reference to the remaining portions of the clip,said ends of the loop together forming a generally cylindrical plug-likeelement with each of said ends constituting one-half of said element,and supporting means having an individual socket to receive saidelement, whereby said ends are held together in the socket to constitutea pivot pin for the clip.

2. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein said clip has securedthereon a pair of removable plates, said plates having arcuate,resilient portions shaped to snap onto and to fit around said barportions and extending slightly more than half way around said curvedface, and garment-contacting portions substantially c0- extensive inlength with said resilient portions and depending between said barportions, said plates being separable from each other along with thecorresponding bar portions to admit a garment therebetween.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,477,256 Fritz Dec. 11, 1923 1,638,375 Stutz Aug. 9, 1927 2,409,927Byrket Oct. 22, 1946 2,409,956 Ramstack et al Oct. 22, 1946 2,465,859Fidler Mar. 29, 1949

